Eighth Crash [Action/Voice]

[broji]

{In today's episode Ginji can be found refilling a metal dish suspended from a tree with seed and peanuts. If you guessed "bird feeder", give yourself ten points! After making sure the feeder's still attached securely to its branch, Ginji will make himself comfortable on the lawn and pull out his journal. He'll sit there for a while, enjoying the fresh air and the milder weather, before starting a new entry.]

Hey everyone. So...what's it like for you back home? Do you come from a large family or a small one? Have you set out on your own or still live with your parents? Got any siblings? Kids?

I'd like to know.

[After the voice post is finished, he'll spend the next few hours watching any animals that might wander over to the feeder and run through a few sketches of different wing shapes.]

Comments

[voice]

[ribbonbon]

Back home it's just me and Daddy. Well, I have my grandparents, too, but they live overseas, so I don't see them much.

Like, not to be rude, but any reason why you're asking?

[voice]

[broji]

No, it's fine. I've just been thinking about home lately, and it got me wondering about everyone else's families.

So you and your dad must be really close, huh?

[voice]

[ribbonbon]

Yeah! We are pretty close! W-Well, I guess? I mean, we don't really get to spend a lot of time together since he's always worked a lot. We don't really get to do a lot of stuff together or anything but...W-well, he is my dad. And it's just been us for a long time.

voice.

[breezing]

My family is biiiig! There's me an' Jinora and Meelo and Rohan, that's my older sister and my two little brothers, and then there's mommy and daddy and Oogi and aunt Kya and uncle Bumi and the acolytes count too and then there's GranGran and Korra and loooooots of people!

I still live with my mommy and daddy and siblings 'cause I'm just a kid.

What abour you?

voice.

[broji]

Wow, you're right. That really is a big family!

Mine isn't nearly as large. There's my mom and pop, and I've got a little sister named Noelle. Then there's Grandpa Aston. He isn't really my grandfather, but they used to be partners.

A lot of times it feels like everyone's a cousin or an uncle, though, just because so many of us work together.

voice.

[breezing]

Yep! I've got a lot here, too; there's grandpa, Katara, Uncle Sokka, Aunt Toph, Uncle Roku, Vivi, big brother Ven...Jinora and Korra are here, too! [ Collecting family is basically her part time job, man. ]

I wish I had a little sister! I've only got little brothers - I mean, I love them lots, but I kinda hope there's another girl someday!

What d'you do for work? Is anyone you know here?

voice

[contaeoro]

I've got a lot of people who are like family to me. We aren't related by blood, though.

voice

[broji]

Yes, I think I know what you mean. My grandfather's classmates have always felt like an extra pair of grandparents to me.

And then there are other people you get to know and it starts feeling like they've always been there.

voice

[contaeoro]

That's right. I used to have a younger brother, but I lost him years ago.

But the friends I've got now are Family to me. I have to admit I miss them, although I've got a couple of them here with me.

[Voice]

[ivanyouidiot]

I lived on my own there. Had a pretty nice place, nicer than here.

Family wise it's just me and my mother. Not getting into the mess that's extended family.

[Because when you keep track of every relative you find yourself being three steps from Emperor, and that's a mess Ivan's ignoring.]

[Voice]

[broji]

Ah, sounds like it might be a little complicated, huh? I guess every family tree's got a few tangled branches.

[Yeah, that really does sound like a mess.]

[voice]

[tenerezza]

[ With no reason to connect this voice to the adorable mini pilot from before, Susanne will probably repeat facts Ginji already knows. ...even if he... doesn't know it. ]

Our family is a comfortable size. My husband and I have two sons; my brother and niece live nearby.

[voice]

[broji]

[It might take him a moment, too, having only met her once. But the voice does sound awfully familiar.]

Two sons, huh? They must be a handful.

action

[leadinglady]

[ she missed the journal question in favor of exploring luceti more, and comes across Ginji, accidentally flushing whatever birds might be feeding at the time. ]

Ah... I'm sorry!

[ miight be addressing the birds, she doesn't seem to notice Ginji yet. ]

action

[broji]

[Ginji looks up from his sketch. He was only about halfway through penciling in the coverts on the leading edge of a bird wing.]

It's all right. I'm sure they'll be back eventually.

[voice]

[piealchemist]

My family is very small - it's only me, dad, and mom. I don't see them very much anymore, though. [ ... ] Um, back home, I mean.

[voice]

[broji]

How come? Busy schedules?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

I have an itinerant brother who can't seem to keep his hands out of trouble despite almost thirty years of experience at getting into it.

[A half-smile. Nephry rarely jokes about Jade like that.]

[voice]

[broji]

Well, I hate to say this, but it's been my general observation that grown men and trouble are made for each other.

[This. This is an attempt at humor.]

[filtered]

[seleniahymn]

I believe you already know the answer, regarding my family.

[Nevertheless she is smiling a little, if only because she could empathize with Ginji a bit.]

[filtered]

[broji]

[Ah, Tear. Van's been in Luceti and disappeared twice now, hasn't he? That's got to be harder than a sibling vanishing just once. And besides, Ginji still has family to go home to. After everyone finishes what they have to do on Eldrant, though...]

Yes. It was just you and your brother, and then Governor Teodoro, right?

[voice]

[windofgod]

I'm alone. My parents live overseas.

[Well technically she has Fin Fish, but that's... probably something she shouldn't mention. :\a]

[voice]

[broji]

[Not if she wants to keep her reincarnated historical figure/magical girl-thief identity a secret, no.]

You mean you were left there all by yourself?

[She's got to be somewhere around Noelle's age, and while that's old enough for a person to take care of herself, having no family to come home to is a pretty depressing thought.]

[action] /badtouches this post

[dissonates]

[To say that Asch has been a depressing housemate to be around during the past two weeks is probably a severe understatement, and today is only marginally better. Still, at least he's going outside today, which is something he doesn't always do.

He pretty much has no idea what he's walking into. Is his backyard a bird sanctuary now?]

[action] uwahhh...

[broji]

[Ginji glances up from securing a container lid to see the more sullen of his two charges. Asch has been acting off lately, moreso than usual, and it's a bit of a surprise to see him out in the fresh air.]

[There are a few birds twittering away in the general direction of the feeder. Ginji's voice comes from somewhere over to the right.]

[Because now that he has company, of course Ginji's going to talk.] Morning, Mr. Asch. It's a nice day to be outside, huh? I guess you found the tea on the stove already.